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With participation in voluntary COVID testing among high school students remaining very low, Superintendent David Fleishman recently said testing now will be required in order to participate in all extracurricular activities.
Testing statistics remained the same for North and South combined when comparing the weeks of March 22 and April 12, according to the schools.
During both weeks, 2,546 students total were eligible to take the test, but only 762 did. Therefore, only 30% of the 2,546 eligible students volunteered to be tested.
“In general, this type of surveillance/screened testing using the pooled methodology is most useful if 70-80% of students are participating,” said communication director Julie McDonough previously.
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Newton high school students will get 4 days of in-person classes
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Elementary students who remain in or transition to in-person classes will finally return to school full-time beginning Monday, April 5, according to a March 15 email from Superintendent David Fleishman.
School hours for elementary students attending in-person classes and the Distance Learning Academy will now be follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:25 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. and Wednesday: 8:25 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Although the Newton Public Schools were already working on a date to return elementary children to full-time, in-person classes, Jeffrey Riley, commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), gave the entire state an April 5 deadline to put a plan into action. The move essentially eliminated the hybrid option, the Tab reported earlier.